Christ Church
Christ Church, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England is an Anglican church in the parish of North Shields Christ Church, Diocese of Newcastle. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,…Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: grade II listed church in North Shields, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Christ Church, North Shields”
- Address: Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 0LW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include North Shields and Arbeia.
North Shields
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shields is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of North Shields. It is situated next to the North Shields Transport Hub, on the west side of Bedford Street and The Beacon Centre. North Shields is situated 1,200 feet south of Christ Church.
Arbeia
Archaeological site
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arbeia was a large Roman fort in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, now ruined and partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. All modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s. Arbeia is situated 1 mile southeast of Christ Church.
Fish Quay Old High Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. Fish Quay Old High Light is situated 2,500 feet east of Christ Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Shields and Tynemouth.
North Shields
Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shields is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
Tynemouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tynemouth is a large town in Tyne and Wear in northeast England, nine miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It's the largest of a series of towns on the north bank of the Tyne estuary, running into North Shields to the west and Cullercoats to the north, also described on this page.
South Shields
Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.
Christ Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.01142° or 55° 0′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.44794° or 1° 26′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C7W2H62+HROpenStreetMap ID
way 378056037OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5108705
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In Other Languages
“Christ Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه المسيح”
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